Healing and Reconnection

When Inherited Family Beliefs Shape An Adult Relationship

Kreed Revere

Published on: 10/20/2026

As The Estranged Heart approaches the end of its fifth year, I've been reflecting on how my understanding of my own history has changed. The October 18 episode, A Different View, Part Two, considers the family expectations.

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Remembering Isn't Resentment

Kreed Revere

Published on: 09/01/2026

Relationships accumulate history, and history accumulates meaning. When the same kind of hard conversation happens over and over, across years, it stops being a series of isolated moments. It becomes a pattern.

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Gasoline, Not Water: Why Shame Doesn't Fix Estranged Relationships

Kreed Revere

Published on: 08/19/2026

If shame worked, estrangement wouldn't exist. In order to repair, you need curiosity, which is slower than shame. It's also the only one of the two that's ever actually worked.

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Time to Heal

Kreed Revere

Published on: 08/10/2026

The work of healing is learning to separate two questions: What is happening between my child and me? and What is happening inside of me because of it?

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